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romney is picking candidates, and obama gets the other one. inevitably, bill clinton wins the fight. it may say something about 2012 and certainly something about 2016. this is "hardball," the place for politics. facturing. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ >>> here's the head scratch. the new gamma poll shows that americans found the economy as negative. friday's report shows that the economy only created 69,000 new jobs last month and the unemployment rate actually ticked up, 1.8 to 1.2. some said that actually was pretty good. we'll be right back. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 let's talk about the cookie-cutter retirement advice ttd#: 1-80
romney is picking candidates, and obama gets the other one. inevitably, bill clinton wins the fight. it may say something about 2012 and certainly something about 2016. this is "hardball," the place for politics. facturing. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this...
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a cnn contribute toor with no r in president obama's campaign made a statement this week. hilary rosen kicked up her comments about anne rosen, and by thursday everybody from the vice president to the president to the first lady had responded. they mostly distance themselves from rosen's comments. of course, steve colbert had fun with the full outrage from the right. >> full disclosure. i have a personal stake in this issue because i have a mom -- my mom. which makes me half mom on my mom's side. and these remarks infuriate me, folks. this is good, this is good, this story is delicious. jimmy, put rosen's court up on the crawl right now. let's put it up there all the time. that's nice. now play the quote on a loop. >> his wife has actually never worked a day in her life. his wife has actually never worked a day in her life. his wife has actually never worked a day in her life. his wife has actually never worked a day in her life. >> loss of the firestorm were the deeper issues many female voters care about. mitt romney has a long way to go to make up after the bruised prim
a cnn contribute toor with no r in president obama's campaign made a statement this week. hilary rosen kicked up her comments about anne rosen, and by thursday everybody from the vice president to the president to the first lady had responded. they mostly distance themselves from rosen's comments. of course, steve colbert had fun with the full outrage from the right. >> full disclosure. i have a personal stake in this issue because i have a mom -- my mom. which makes me half mom on my...
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for president obama, here's a short must-do list for the two weeks ahead. number one project what he's done into the positive future. ramp up that positive message. obama backs the middle-class. romney can't wait to help the rich. in monday night's debate especially on the issue of libya. and here's a list for romney, keep asking voters are you better off? present yourself as a strong fixer of voters' economic troubles. and look like a commander in chief. this is a tightened race and romney may be the one on offense right now. >> he has to be because he's still a little bit behind in the key states. his job is fairly simple. 16 days tops. he's got to keep the focus on his economic message of lower taxes for everyone whether that's possible or not the long run. he's got to show on foreign policy that you keep the boat in the channel that's a minimum requirement of doing the job. the third thing is, he's got about $150 million to spend. they have to spend it carefully and weijsly in about eight to nine states. and if they do that he could make it close -- >>
for president obama, here's a short must-do list for the two weeks ahead. number one project what he's done into the positive future. ramp up that positive message. obama backs the middle-class. romney can't wait to help the rich. in monday night's debate especially on the issue of libya. and here's a list for romney, keep asking voters are you better off? present yourself as a strong fixer of voters' economic troubles. and look like a commander in chief. this is a tightened race and romney may...
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president obama is middle-class out. that's the degate we look forward to continuing with over the next five weeks. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >>> krbs news conducted a snap poll of 523 uncommitted voters who watched the debate. 46% say mitt romney won. 22% say president obama won and 32% called it a tie. much more ahead including ezra klein's take on some of the numbers we heard tonight from mitt romney. he's been a bit of a truth squad. this is msnbc's live coverage of the first presidential debate. >> i'll silt down on day one, the day after i get a elected i'll sit down with leaders, the democratic leaders as well as republican leaders. >> i think governor romney is going to have a busy first day because he's going to repeal obama care which won't be very popular with democrats as you're sitting down with them. the human league playing ] humans. we mean well, but we're imperfect creatures living in a beautifully imperfect world. it's amazing we've made it this far. maybe it's because when on
president obama is middle-class out. that's the degate we look forward to continuing with over the next five weeks. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >>> krbs news conducted a snap poll of 523 uncommitted voters who watched the debate. 46% say mitt romney won. 22% say president obama won and 32% called it a tie. much more ahead including ezra klein's take on some of the numbers we heard tonight from mitt romney. he's been a bit of a truth squad. this is...
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president obama is middle class out. and that's a debate we look forward to continuing over the next few weeks. >> thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >> cnbc news conducted a snap poll of voters who watched the debate. 46% say mitt romney won. 22% say president obama won. and 32% called it a tie. much more ahead, including the take on some of the numbers we heard tonight from mitt romney. >> as president i will sit down on day one with leaders, the democratic leaders, as well as republican leaders. sltz i think governor romney is going to have a first day, going to also appeal obama care. [ male announcer ] if it wasn't for a little thing called the computer, we might still be making mix tapes. find this. pause this. play this. eject this. write this. it's like the days before esurance express lane™. you had to find a bunch of documents just to get a car insurance quote. now express lane finds your driving info with just one click, saving time to be nostalgic about the days before express lane. t
president obama is middle class out. and that's a debate we look forward to continuing over the next few weeks. >> thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >> cnbc news conducted a snap poll of voters who watched the debate. 46% say mitt romney won. 22% say president obama won. and 32% called it a tie. much more ahead, including the take on some of the numbers we heard tonight from mitt romney. >> as president i will sit down on day one with leaders, the...
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in the coming weeks. debate prep joining me now with a preview of his wednesday night speech and what to expect from this week, ohio senator rob portman. groungood to see you. >> great to be here. >> is it tough to be on that list? you read about yourself every day, am i, am is not? >> apparently a short list, but not short enough. >> sean: you know you were right there. >> who knows. i'm going to do everything in my power is get this guy elected. ohio is a swing state, as you said. i'm cheering the campaign around ohio. i'm helping around the country and the debate prep that leaked out today somehow. i'm absolutely committed to romney/ryan winning this thing. we've got to do it. >> sean: the one state i worry about the most for romney/ryan is ohio. it's a state that goes back and forth. the economy has improved since john kasich has been governor. >> he's done a great job, but still facing the headwinds from washington. you can only do so much as a governor. he's closed the budget deficit, cut some taxes
in the coming weeks. debate prep joining me now with a preview of his wednesday night speech and what to expect from this week, ohio senator rob portman. groungood to see you. >> great to be here. >> is it tough to be on that list? you read about yourself every day, am i, am is not? >> apparently a short list, but not short enough. >> sean: you know you were right there. >> who knows. i'm going to do everything in my power is get this guy elected. ohio is a swing...
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we will ask about the house's upcoming effort to repeal obama care. >>> this week the house of representatives will vote once again to repeal the affordable care act. with us, congressman xavier becerra and congressman price. the repeal vote coming up on wednesday. the outcome 23409 likely to be different. why do you feel the need to do this again? >> it is an important question. the status quo in healthcare is not acceptable. the current system doesn't work for patients. it doesn't work for doctors. the president about's law takes us in the wrong direction. it violates all of the principles we hold dear in healthcare. whether affordable or accessible or choices or quality. we believe we need to provide that contrast. that positive upbeat contrast for the american people to say those are the folks fighting for us for patient centered healthcare which means patients and doctors making medical decisions, not washington. so that people as they move into the fall recognize they have a choice here in washington. >> the vote won't change so is this more than political show than anything. >> that is
we will ask about the house's upcoming effort to repeal obama care. >>> this week the house of representatives will vote once again to repeal the affordable care act. with us, congressman xavier becerra and congressman price. the repeal vote coming up on wednesday. the outcome 23409 likely to be different. why do you feel the need to do this again? >> it is an important question. the status quo in healthcare is not acceptable. the current system doesn't work for patients. it...
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obama said mr. romney wanted troops on the ground a few weeks ago. what does the record tell us? >> they were both still wrong. romney made this criticism of obama. i think we have the tape of it here. >> america's abilities to influence events for the better in iraq have been undermined by the abrupt withdrawal. >> it's difficult to listen to that. romney has criticized obama for not having up to 20 or 25,000 troops left in iraq. with that said it's case of president obama did want to leave around 3500 troops in iraq. he was a bit evasive on that tonight. that agreement was not agreed to by the iraqis and it died in the water. it's an interesting moment where both men who worked for or argued we should have some level of troop presence, romney more so than obama were denying having held that position this evening. >> which is worse than disagreeing on it. on the subject of american influence in the world, mr. romney made a very checkable assertion here. >> unfortunately, nowhere in the world is america's influence greater today than it was four years ago. >> is that a checkable
obama said mr. romney wanted troops on the ground a few weeks ago. what does the record tell us? >> they were both still wrong. romney made this criticism of obama. i think we have the tape of it here. >> america's abilities to influence events for the better in iraq have been undermined by the abrupt withdrawal. >> it's difficult to listen to that. romney has criticized obama for not having up to 20 or 25,000 troops left in iraq. with that said it's case of president obama...
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president obama will visit many states including virginia this week. >> the commonwealth is just one of the handful of states that are a toss up. earlier this morning, david gregory joined us and said you can expect to see more of those visits in the coming weeks. >> this really becomes the fight down the stretch here in some of these key states like our own he in virginia where the obama campaign believes women voter wills be critical in their turn out to win the state of virginia. >> and you can hear more about the campaign just ahead on meet the press. david will be joined by rob portman and marco rubio, and david actixlerod. >> tomorrow the candidates will likely discuss u.s. relations with iran. the white house denies a report for an agreement on the first ever talks. the u.s. and iran agreed in principal to negotiate, but they insist the talks will be after the election. but the national social security council says it's not true. >> closer to home, marylander will decide on two controversial ballot questions in the upcoming election. one will allow ga marriage, the other allow
president obama will visit many states including virginia this week. >> the commonwealth is just one of the handful of states that are a toss up. earlier this morning, david gregory joined us and said you can expect to see more of those visits in the coming weeks. >> this really becomes the fight down the stretch here in some of these key states like our own he in virginia where the obama campaign believes women voter wills be critical in their turn out to win the state of virginia....
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president obama earlier exempted welfare recipients from work and allowed states to expand the welfare propositions. it is a graeder trend toward increasing federal moneys of all kind. they point to u.s. census numbers showing 107 million americans now depend on some government program not counting medicare or social security, earned income tax credit or new healthcare law. they run over 80 healthcare programs aiding poor people. >> food stamps in early 20009 which continues through this fall for 46 states. >> of all of these 80 plus programs only three had work requirements. now one of the work requirements is gone it's down to two>> they noted romney himself joined other governors in seeking welfare flexibility in 2005. >> in support of policies that would have eliminated the time limits in the roy and stay on welfare forever. >> they wouldn't weaken it they were the ones who were part of the movement to establish it. >>> jim, thank you. there were 6,000 fewer applicants last week for unemployment benefits. the four-week average rose by almost 2200. the s&p 500 gained a half point. n
president obama earlier exempted welfare recipients from work and allowed states to expand the welfare propositions. it is a graeder trend toward increasing federal moneys of all kind. they point to u.s. census numbers showing 107 million americans now depend on some government program not counting medicare or social security, earned income tax credit or new healthcare law. they run over 80 healthcare programs aiding poor people. >> food stamps in early 20009 which continues through this...
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have a great week. >> this week on the journal editorial report. mitt romney's tax confusion, did he bungle his response on the obama care mandate and is it a sign of bigger campaign problems? and also, president obama swinging through some battle ground states, doubling down on accusations that mitt romney outsourced jobs. the charges may be questionable, but are they working? and also, meet job growth coupled with the worst manufacturing numbers in three years has some economists worried. are we headed into another recession? and welcome to the journal editorial report. i'm david asman in this week for paul gigot. is it or isn't it? we know the obama administration has been playing word games about the health care mandate right from the beginning, but now, the romney campaign can't seem to make up its mind whether it's really a tax. and early this week, romney advisor said that his boss had the same view as the white house, that it's a penalty, not a tax, but the can dat walked that back, telling cbs news, quote the majority of the court said it'
have a great week. >> this week on the journal editorial report. mitt romney's tax confusion, did he bungle his response on the obama care mandate and is it a sign of bigger campaign problems? and also, president obama swinging through some battle ground states, doubling down on accusations that mitt romney outsourced jobs. the charges may be questionable, but are they working? and also, meet job growth coupled with the worst manufacturing numbers in three years has some economists...
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president obama, the clear favorite over mitt romney, leading 70% to 26%. you can fairly say that's not even close and it is well outside the margin of error and that's critical because you know there is a saying that there is power in numbers. at least 12.2 million people expected to show up at the polls on election day. but that's barely half of latinos who are eligible to vote. and it could come down to location, location, location. the hispanic vote could be the deciding factor in several states, including the swing state of nevada. which is where miguel marquez takes us in the battle to win their vote. >> reporter: it might sound like mexico. but this is the fight for the white house. welcome to washo county, nevada, the front line in this battleground state. washo county's 250,000 voters are expected to decide whether the nevada goes blue or red. and latinos, about 30,000 votes here, could make the critical difference in a race that could come down to a few thousand votes. here's how nevada's 1.4 million votes break down and why washo is a battlegroun
president obama, the clear favorite over mitt romney, leading 70% to 26%. you can fairly say that's not even close and it is well outside the margin of error and that's critical because you know there is a saying that there is power in numbers. at least 12.2 million people expected to show up at the polls on election day. but that's barely half of latinos who are eligible to vote. and it could come down to location, location, location. the hispanic vote could be the deciding factor in several...
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. >> but remember gallup had a poll this week that indicated 68% of americans right now today in 2012 blame president bush for the economy versus 52% presidentat it it is president obama's responsibility and these numbers haven't changed in the last go years. we talk about the recent unemployment numbers and when is it abouting to kind of fix in the american voters' minds going towards september. requesting to say is this a bad economy or good economy. they already established they are angels showers about the economy and jobs picture and retirement, pensions and the like but part of that is saying you know what, what president obama says about trying to get out of the deep hole is true in the american mind. they say you know what, he got a bad deal coming in, the economy was in bad shape and i think he is tryin hammer that point home time and time again. that is why when you see him on the channel pain trail he talks about romney as a guy who is a rich guy and doesn't understand you and doesn't relate to you sand that shows up also in the favorability ratings where obama again really
. >> but remember gallup had a poll this week that indicated 68% of americans right now today in 2012 blame president bush for the economy versus 52% presidentat it it is president obama's responsibility and these numbers haven't changed in the last go years. we talk about the recent unemployment numbers and when is it abouting to kind of fix in the american voters' minds going towards september. requesting to say is this a bad economy or good economy. they already established they are...
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this has been a big week for both president obama and mitt romney, going after latino voters. you're skeptical that mr. romney can make inroads with this key demographic. >> i am. if you don't like the news go out and make some of your own. when you're challenging an incumbent president, he can do that. he made news with his rewriting of the immigration law. that's his advantage. romney's disadvantage, he has to unring a bell that he did in the primaries, when he tried to flank perry on the right and he did. it's interesting, governor romney from new england is much more severe about immigration than reagan, mccain or either bush presidents were. all four of those coming from border states. so, the president has a double advantage here. >> i think he is. i think, peggy, he's the most conservative republican nominee on the issue of illegal immigration and the mexican border than any republican nominee that we have seen in the last 20, 30 years. >> yeah, and i don't suppose he has any illusions that he can make real numeric progress with the latino vote. i suspect that he's just
this has been a big week for both president obama and mitt romney, going after latino voters. you're skeptical that mr. romney can make inroads with this key demographic. >> i am. if you don't like the news go out and make some of your own. when you're challenging an incumbent president, he can do that. he made news with his rewriting of the immigration law. that's his advantage. romney's disadvantage, he has to unring a bell that he did in the primaries, when he tried to flank perry on...
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behind the romney/ryan tukt and there's pressure on the president now t wrap up his game for the three-week sprint to election day. let's bring in our correspondent, we're getting reaction to the vice presidential debate, more comments coming in. but the president has his mission cut out for him right now. dan? >> he really does. we just have to look back to right after the debate where the president turned up his volume, strongly aggressively going after his gop opponents. but what we saw this week at the university of miami on thursday at a big rally there was the president even turning up the volume a bit more. attacking mitt romney for what the president says was his changing position on a whole host of issues, including taxes. take a listen. >> he's trying to go through an extreme makeover. after running for more than a year in which he called himself severely conservative, mitt romney is trying to convince you that he was severely kidding. >> i was talking to a senior campaign official about the tone of the president's rally and this official telling me it's like the president with hi
behind the romney/ryan tukt and there's pressure on the president now t wrap up his game for the three-week sprint to election day. let's bring in our correspondent, we're getting reaction to the vice presidential debate, more comments coming in. but the president has his mission cut out for him right now. dan? >> he really does. we just have to look back to right after the debate where the president turned up his volume, strongly aggressively going after his gop opponents. but what we...
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even though the obama campaign tried to respond, tried to restate finally, it got off the front page of the paper. that was the one thing really accomplished in terms of finally, we have mitt romney saying, perhaps what he should not have said. >> your party is going to continue to pound son. does that hurt you? >> it is out there. it was out there for two weeks. the one question many people have is of what every campaign does in terms of a trip to europe. was he trying to raise his credibility in terms of foreign affairs. if it was the latter, maybe there is some harm done. we will have to see how would dance. >> a lot of comparisons to what we sell four years ago when obama traveled to europe as well. >> four years ago, it was an important trip. hugh had questions about his experience and his foreign- policy. it was more important, at this time, mitt romney was trying to check off the box, and look presidential. it has not succeeded on that front. it is it's a deal breaker that people will remember? >> it was seen as a great trip. polling numbers close right after that trip. it was
even though the obama campaign tried to respond, tried to restate finally, it got off the front page of the paper. that was the one thing really accomplished in terms of finally, we have mitt romney saying, perhaps what he should not have said. >> your party is going to continue to pound son. does that hurt you? >> it is out there. it was out there for two weeks. the one question many people have is of what every campaign does in terms of a trip to europe. was he trying to raise his...
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this week the new york times published a huge story on how president obama is using those powers. it reports that president reviewes a top secret kill list in order to personally decide whom the military should target for drone attacks. some have strong precedence in history. like targeting a foreign enemy combatant in the battlefield. other calls are merckier like deciding who is an enemy off the battlefield or when the military can kill american citizens. here is an example from last september. obama allowed a killing with what he called an easy call at the times. but he wasn't on the battlefield, he was in yemen. could the president have invoked that same call for an american citizen on american soil or what about someone who had not cited with the enemy or the government did suspect working on terrorism? what about american children? are those easy calls? according to the times article, president obama said that chilling children presented a whole different phase in deliberations over the target list but that didn't stop drone attacks. in october the president ordered killing
this week the new york times published a huge story on how president obama is using those powers. it reports that president reviewes a top secret kill list in order to personally decide whom the military should target for drone attacks. some have strong precedence in history. like targeting a foreign enemy combatant in the battlefield. other calls are merckier like deciding who is an enemy off the battlefield or when the military can kill american citizens. here is an example from last...
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president obama. last week which is could take up to next week. let's watch. >> if thaet the case that members of congress want to make, then we're going to make sure every american knows about it. if you make more than a million dollars annually, then you should pay at least the same percentage of your income in tax as middle class families do. i intend to keep fighting for this kind of balance and fairness until the other side starts listening, because i believe this is what the american people want. >> wow. well, meanwhile, mitt romney has to break the paul ryan budget plan with all the cuts which dramatically lowers taxes on upper class americans but hurting poor people. he's talking about tax cuts. let's hear romney. >> this president believes in higher taxes. he doesn't want to say that, he just wants to do that. i want to reduce the marginal tax rates across the board every every in america. cut out the special deals and get america working again. >> fchl yl did the republicans ar army. and the way to get the poor people off their butt and
president obama. last week which is could take up to next week. let's watch. >> if thaet the case that members of congress want to make, then we're going to make sure every american knows about it. if you make more than a million dollars annually, then you should pay at least the same percentage of your income in tax as middle class families do. i intend to keep fighting for this kind of balance and fairness until the other side starts listening, because i believe this is what the...
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you mentioned the politics in months and weeks in politics is a long time. but it's a short time and the more that president obama can define who mitt romney is, and he's starting to do it right now, the harder it will be for mitt romney to turn back the clock and reverse those negatives. >> you both are right. the air assault will begin--i don't know if i agree with you with the outcome determinative. paid media is important, but social media is important. and i want to pick up on something gnaw said. let's look at a map. i think we got a screen here of how a lot of folks looks at the electorate votes right now. the magic number is 270, you win. mitt romney being at 188. the up for grabs really being own 104. that gets to be a tough hurdle for mitt romney. how does he get to 270? we put together a couple of different scenarios, what we called romney-a. let's put that on the screen. joel, you tell me if this is feasible for mitt romney to get to this which would be to winning all the states you're looking at. he would need to do this to get from 188 to 270.
you mentioned the politics in months and weeks in politics is a long time. but it's a short time and the more that president obama can define who mitt romney is, and he's starting to do it right now, the harder it will be for mitt romney to turn back the clock and reverse those negatives. >> you both are right. the air assault will begin--i don't know if i agree with you with the outcome determinative. paid media is important, but social media is important. and i want to pick up on...
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. >> i thought they wanted all the focus on obama as a referendum. like how's the guy doing out there on the mound? still got his fastball? you know, the old metaphors. now, the focus is on what about this new kid with his really strong ideas? is that what you want the focus if you're a republican operative right now? >> no, i think bob is right. have to agree with him on this point. the the focus originally as you set up, was about this referendum. we want this to be a referendum on the last four years. we want this to be on the spending. the debt. the solyndras of the world. let's talk about what the administration has failed to do, create jobs. now, it is bold. the boldness of this choice is it shifts the debate from a referendum to a choice election. where you get to have a philosophical discussion and choice. >> who wanted that? >> chris, that's a good question. >> the tdemocrats wanted it. bob wanted that. >> i didn't hear anyone talking about making this a choice election up until this past weekend. everyone had bought into the argument and th
. >> i thought they wanted all the focus on obama as a referendum. like how's the guy doing out there on the mound? still got his fastball? you know, the old metaphors. now, the focus is on what about this new kid with his really strong ideas? is that what you want the focus if you're a republican operative right now? >> no, i think bob is right. have to agree with him on this point. the the focus originally as you set up, was about this referendum. we want this to be a referendum...
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fortunately for president obama, that's his job this week. he signed up for it, and now it needs doing. there's no walking away from it, nothing that takes precedence over putting his head and heart into ensuring the absolute best to the absolute best of his ability that people in the northeast part of the country recover and begin to reconstruct from this natural emergency. and every second this pred applies himself, the most he must hope that the electoral momentum will shift in his direction because these several days will test if the president shares the hope on which he's built his public life. here is the latest on sandy's devastating impact. this storm has been blamed for at least 38 deaths so far. there's new video this afternoon showing the massive destruction along the new jersey shore. governor chris christie of new jersey called the impact on his state unthinkable and said it would take months to recover. the storm swept houses from their foundations and left parts of the coast under water as you can see. new york city is also dea
fortunately for president obama, that's his job this week. he signed up for it, and now it needs doing. there's no walking away from it, nothing that takes precedence over putting his head and heart into ensuring the absolute best to the absolute best of his ability that people in the northeast part of the country recover and begin to reconstruct from this natural emergency. and every second this pred applies himself, the most he must hope that the electoral momentum will shift in his direction...
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now president obama campaigning in iowa, a few miles from irvingdale. it kicks off the charlotte tour, the site of next week's democratic national convention in charlotte, north carolina. >> hello! oh, it is good to be back in iow iowa. >> i love you, mr. president. >> i love you back! that's why i'm back. oh, this is a great crowd. it's good to see my outstanding friend tom harkin in the house. bob wells, john miller, and can everybody give lucas a big round of applause, not just for the introduction, but for his service to our country? and it is great to see all of you. we got a spectacular day. college football is in the air. we will try to get you home in time to see the hawkeyes and the cyclones. i know we've got kickoff later. and although you got to see the nationals and the performance before i got here, i just want you to know that i could not appreciate them perform ing per us so please give them a big round of applause as well. now, iowa, this is our first stop. on the road to our convention in charlotte, north carolina. but there was a reaso
now president obama campaigning in iowa, a few miles from irvingdale. it kicks off the charlotte tour, the site of next week's democratic national convention in charlotte, north carolina. >> hello! oh, it is good to be back in iow iowa. >> i love you, mr. president. >> i love you back! that's why i'm back. oh, this is a great crowd. it's good to see my outstanding friend tom harkin in the house. bob wells, john miller, and can everybody give lucas a big round of applause, not...
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he's doing the state of the union next week you know there's obama will officially made it berries and. so we have made there is going to the next nirvana well he said after our t.v. for us that we made a long time ago all right. let's talk about. so there's this city community of twenty eight thousand people and on the exact same day where four police officers in east haven including the local police union leader were charged by federal authorities with civil rights abuses against latino members of the community this is what the mayor had to say about it with such tension it's you know community with a force of fifty officers still no police officer latino ancestry. and your point being the mayor didn't get it just look at this exchange we don't for the community today i might have tacos when i go home i'm not quite sure yet. i didn't like that official are supposed to be a little bit better with your words no they're just saying that to this dude's been he's been the mayor of east haven for like fifteen years something ridiculous like that he's had this whole scandal just friggin rui
he's doing the state of the union next week you know there's obama will officially made it berries and. so we have made there is going to the next nirvana well he said after our t.v. for us that we made a long time ago all right. let's talk about. so there's this city community of twenty eight thousand people and on the exact same day where four police officers in east haven including the local police union leader were charged by federal authorities with civil rights abuses against latino...
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a poll just came out this week, 74% of americans say the deficit is going to have a major impact on has they choose. the crown jewel of obama's legislative career has been obama care, and you still have a majority of merps that don't like it. the gender gap that still exists was cut in half in march. i think we're going to see the numbers -- this is going to be a tight race. >> coaster. the nbc/wall street journal poll was released. 49-43, the president win buying six points. that six-point lead means you're probably going to win the election. they also asked who would handle the economy better, romney wins 40 to 34%. i would argue that number right now is more important, right? >> i think it probably is, although you have to go back a long way to find a candidate who i think by consensus was less likeable, who won the election. you can go back to the 1970s before you start getting to that debate. likability i think counts. in this case the numbers that i'm looking at most closely are not the poll numbers, they're the jobs numbers, data about incomes in particular. i think that is still
a poll just came out this week, 74% of americans say the deficit is going to have a major impact on has they choose. the crown jewel of obama's legislative career has been obama care, and you still have a majority of merps that don't like it. the gender gap that still exists was cut in half in march. i think we're going to see the numbers -- this is going to be a tight race. >> coaster. the nbc/wall street journal poll was released. 49-43, the president win buying six points. that...
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four weeks ago obama led among likely voters by eight. now to the latest gallup tracking poll which covers the last seven days. gallup has president obama back in the lead at 50 to 45. what a difference from the other polyp that's exactly where the race stood before the debate. romney had surged in the tracking poll. the two candidates were actually tied in the three days immediately after the debate, but the president seems to have wiped out romney's gains in the gallup poll. joining me right now are howard fineman, editorial director of the "huffington post," and the honorable michael nutter, mayor of philadelphia and presidential surrogate in this tough campaign. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. always go to the elected official first. mr. mayor, what needs to be done right now to right this ship, to get obama back on a winning course? >> well, the president is on a winning course and as you laid out earlier, chris, with all the things that mitt romney either lied about or denied about, what we call that in philadelphia is just lyi
four weeks ago obama led among likely voters by eight. now to the latest gallup tracking poll which covers the last seven days. gallup has president obama back in the lead at 50 to 45. what a difference from the other polyp that's exactly where the race stood before the debate. romney had surged in the tracking poll. the two candidates were actually tied in the three days immediately after the debate, but the president seems to have wiped out romney's gains in the gallup poll. joining me right...
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they want to talk about obama. that's really all they want to do. >> ana marie is right. just a few weeks ago when a local reporter had confronted governor romney about bush, watch how he responded. kind of seemed like he was running away from it. >> uh-huh. >> give me one specific example about how your administration would be different than a george w. bush administration. >> well, there's a very different time than the time that president bush was president of the united states. my plan for economic recovery and creating jobs for the middle class and more take home pay is quite different than anything that's ever been seen in this country before. >> so not exactly a resounding, even though two of his economic advisers served under bush, let's keep in mind our rnc officials said his economic policies are just bush plans just updated. in addition 17 of his 24 foreign policy advisers are former members of the bush administration. even though he's distancing himself and not doing the embrace clinton has, he's got bush people around him. he's using bush policy. bush video t
they want to talk about obama. that's really all they want to do. >> ana marie is right. just a few weeks ago when a local reporter had confronted governor romney about bush, watch how he responded. kind of seemed like he was running away from it. >> uh-huh. >> give me one specific example about how your administration would be different than a george w. bush administration. >> well, there's a very different time than the time that president bush was president of the...
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president obama hit the road this week as he visits colleges in key swing states to press for congress to act on student loans and avoid a jump in interest rates for over 7 million students. by the way, those rates are going to go up this summer by double. the youth vote is essential to the president's path to victory and there's both good and bad news on that front. the good news, obama leads mitt romney among voters 18 to 34. in our latest nbc/wall street journal poll. that's pretty hefty. by convincing 60%. the bad news, voters in that age group i mentioned don't have as much zeal about voting this time as they did four years ago. when 3% considered themselves highly interested four years ago today, that's down to 45%. a real slump in interest. with me two top political reporters from the washington post. a great factoid from you today. what was the key issue helping the president among young voters, was it the number of them that turned out or was it the sweep with which he carried them? >> right. what i think a lot of people say, oh, well, the youth vote carried obama. and that's
president obama hit the road this week as he visits colleges in key swing states to press for congress to act on student loans and avoid a jump in interest rates for over 7 million students. by the way, those rates are going to go up this summer by double. the youth vote is essential to the president's path to victory and there's both good and bad news on that front. the good news, obama leads mitt romney among voters 18 to 34. in our latest nbc/wall street journal poll. that's pretty hefty. by...
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obama thinks everybody should go to college like he did. well pardon me, yobut some of u weren't handed the card. must be nice. >> great. that's right. another banner week for the clown show. if that's not enough, how is this for a negotiation? you can't have a rally without the right music? right? mitt romney wanted to bring it to them live and called on kid rock. romney had to make a hard sell to get the musician to sign on. here's romney recounting the ordeal last night. >> he said, if you're elected president, will you help me help the state of michigan. i said i would. if you're elected president, will you help me help the city of detroit? i said i would. i turned to him and said, given the fact i'm willing to do those things, would you come here and perform a concert for my friends. i'm happy to introduce a son of detroit, kid rock. >> that just makes it worse. and now for the big number. we have heard rumblings about the bromance between mitt romney and ron paul. ron paul levelled a total of 39 attacks at his rivals over the past 20
obama thinks everybody should go to college like he did. well pardon me, yobut some of u weren't handed the card. must be nice. >> great. that's right. another banner week for the clown show. if that's not enough, how is this for a negotiation? you can't have a rally without the right music? right? mitt romney wanted to bring it to them live and called on kid rock. romney had to make a hard sell to get the musician to sign on. here's romney recounting the ordeal last night. >> he...
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andrea, high stakes stuff this week. it's going to have a big impact on the race. >> you know, either way, if the mandate is thrown out by the supreme court this week, the left and liberal supporters of the president say they're going to make it a huge issue. any way you look at it, it is a huge defeat for this administration. this is the signature policy of the president. >> let's review. they can uphold, they could strike down. they could strike down the individual mandate or they could strike that down plus that severability argument where they strike down things like guaranteeing that insurance companies have to cover people with pre-existing conditions. this is what speaker boehner said this week in a memo to republicans about what happens when the supreme court acts. he said, no one knows what the court will decide. but if the court strikes down all or part of the president's health care law, there will be no spiking of the ball. republicans are focused on the economy, we will not celebrate at a time when millions
andrea, high stakes stuff this week. it's going to have a big impact on the race. >> you know, either way, if the mandate is thrown out by the supreme court this week, the left and liberal supporters of the president say they're going to make it a huge issue. any way you look at it, it is a huge defeat for this administration. this is the signature policy of the president. >> let's review. they can uphold, they could strike down. they could strike down the individual mandate or they...
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it said that romney was quote slowly squandering an historic opportunity to unseat obama. given the state of the economy. conservatives like bill christol and laura ingram also piled on. here he is getting piled on in new hampshire. >> advisers telling him, it's fine, take a week. should romney call the cease-fire or get out there on the trail and jet off the jet-ski. >> what's going on and how concerned should the republican candidate be? ed rendell was the former governor of pennsylvania and msnbc political analyst and city phenotype moore is on the editorial board, the senior exhibition writer. governor, if the criticism was coming from salon.com, you and i wouldn't be here having this conversation. >> you're right. no question about it. >> i was going to say, of what significance if any is this in showing problems that persist with romney's base? >> i think first of all, we've got to keep things in perspective. in terms of voters, this criticism has no meaning at all. first of all, it's in the dead of the summer when no one's paying attention to politics xwept except a
it said that romney was quote slowly squandering an historic opportunity to unseat obama. given the state of the economy. conservatives like bill christol and laura ingram also piled on. here he is getting piled on in new hampshire. >> advisers telling him, it's fine, take a week. should romney call the cease-fire or get out there on the trail and jet off the jet-ski. >> what's going on and how concerned should the republican candidate be? ed rendell was the former governor of...